11-13-2024 
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23 August, 2024
‘Crypto is a terrible cancer’: CentBee founder Lorien Gamaroff on CoinGeek Weekly Livestream
CentBee Founder Lorien Gamaroff joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream to talk about Bitcoin as electronic cash, the state of things in...
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17 July, 2024
South Africa issues 63 new VASP licenses, launches probe into 30 unlicensed firms
The FSCA has now licensed 138 VASPs from an initial 383 applications, and the FATF has warned that 97% of...
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28 April, 2024
South Africa’s digital payments roadmap includes CBDC, stablecoins
South Africa is marching toward Vision 2025 payments digitalization, with the central bank identifying stablecoins and a retail CBDC as...
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20 April, 2024
South Africa issues digital currency licenses to Luno, VALR
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority announced in 2023 that all VASPs had to obtain a license or shut down by...
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15 March, 2024
South Africa approves 59 VASP licenses
South Africa’s FSCA has received 355 applications but has only approved 262, a higher number than was previously revealed, according...
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9 March, 2024
BRICS eye stifling US dollar influence with blockchain-based payment system
Russia is reportedly banking on the planned blockchain-based payment system to reduce the U.S. dollar's global influence, seeking help from...
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28 February, 2024
South Africa to explore stablecoins for digital payments
In its new budget proposal, South Africa pledged to explore stablecoins, blockchain, and the tokenization of real-world assets over the...
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13 February, 2024
South Africa edging closer to issuing VASP licenses: FSCA official
FSCA announced in 2023 that all VASPs in the country would be required to apply for a license as part...
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31 January, 2024
South Africa shortlists 50 applicants for VASP licensing
While over 100 companies applied for the license, the FSCA only forwarded 50 companies to the licensing committee, with some...
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26 December, 2023
Africa’s 2023 in review: Adoption soars, regulators catch up, and Bitcoin moves beyond speculation
Digital assets came of age in 2023, moving beyond speculation and impacting remittances and payments as regulators started getting a...
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6 December, 2023
South Africa weighs licenses for 36 VASPs
Of the 128 applications it has received, only 36 had met all the conditions and their licensing would be considered...
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13 November, 2023
South Africa joins 47 countries to implement new digital asset taxation standards
South Africa will implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework standard by the OECD, which calls for automatic exchange of tax-relevant information...
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